a white garment used as a shroud or worn by traditional Jews on Yom Kippur
Word origin
from German Kittel, smock
kittel in American English
(ˈkɪtl)
Yiddish
noun
a white robe used by Jews, esp. Orthodox Jews, as a ceremonial garment for men and as a burial shroud for both sexes: worn during worship on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by a bridegroom during the wedding ceremony, and by the leader of the Seder on Passover